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XSOverlay
XSOverlay is a Desktop Overlay application for OpenVR. It aims to be as intuitive as possible, minimalist and out of the way, but fully functional. XSOverlay conforms to your needs, and will adjust itself as such!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Clean, useful VR overlay” (16 of 77 reviews) and “Lightweight, low resource use” (6); the most common complaint is “Crashes and broken launching” (14). What reviewers agree on ↓
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-10-25)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
16 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“OVR was very buggy for me and I switched to xs and it works very cleanly with good ui hotkeys that take a little practice but once you get them keep your mental stack simple which is good for streaming and other things.”
“Very helpful software for VR. Super helpful as a livestreamer so I can read chat while in vr”
“Good software for vrc! Knowing the time and also doing to with the screen and not lagging!”
6 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“Good software for vrc! Knowing the time and also doing to with the screen and not lagging!”
“i mean yeah its a good overlay? doesnt lag, sometimes can freeze but very unlikely”
6 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“OVR was very buggy for me and I switched to xs and it works very cleanly with good ui hotkeys that take a little practice but once you get them keep your mental stack simple which is good for streaming and other things.”
“good app for me it works no problem and its cheaper and better looking than ovr toolkit”
“never had any problems with it 👍”
4 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“good app for me it works no problem and its cheaper and better looking than ovr toolkit”
“Better and cheaper than OVR Toolkit”
14 of the 77 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
6 of the 77 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“OVR was very buggy for me and I switched to xs and it works very cleanly with good ui hotkeys that take a little practice but once you get them keep your mental stack simple which is good for streaming and other things.”
“I think currently this is the best VR Overlay App. With that being said there are major issues with it. After a while it no longer starts with SteamVR, unless I completely remove the program from my computer then…”
“AWFUL! LEFT CLICK IS ON THE LEFT CONTROLLER AND RIGHT CLICK IS ON THE RIGHT!!! RIGHT, BECAUSE I THINK TO, I WISH I COULD, USE A TWO-HANDED MOUSE!!! NOT TO MENTION THEY SWAP AND THE CONTROLS ARE FUNKY ANYWAYS!!! DON'T…”
Counted across 77 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 85.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Best replacement for OVR Toolkit. OVR Toolkit does not get updates anymore, and barely works with the latest steam updates (rarely functions correctly if at all). OVR Toolkit is essentially abandoned. Jump ship and use XSOverlay instead. Only down side to XS, it doesn't have…”
— a player, Steam review · 796 hrs played“Hi! I really like using XSOverlay because it’s lightweight and smooth in VR. I wanted to suggest a feature that would make it even better, especially for VRChat users. It would be awesome to have a small “Now Playing” music popup (like Spotify/YouTube) and a simple chatbox…”
— a player, Steam review · 7,392 hrs played“For anyone switchng to Linux. The alternative is WayVR Otherwise great tool”
— a player, Steam review · 673 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Beta 695 - Bug fixes, bug fixes, bug fixes.
Hi everyone! The beta release cycle is now going to be feature locked, and focused primarily only on bug fixes until this beta is stable enough to ship to live. Hopefully, this will allow quicker rele
Beta 694 - Web Browser, Toolbar Customization, Keyboard Optimizations
Changes Wrist Toolbar Customization: You can now customize the buttons that show up on the wrist toolbar. This is in a very simple state for now, but will be expanded in the future. You can customize
Beta 692 - Keyboard UI 3.0 OSC, Layout fixes, and more!
Changes VRChat OSC Support: When playing VRChat while OSC is enabled, you should now see a VRC Chatbox toggle next to the pin button. Turning this on will make any text in the input field go to the vr
Beta 688 - Keyboard UI 3.0, QoL, and Bug Fixes
Keyboard UI 3.0 is here! A complete rework of the keyboard, using the new UI framework. With this, comes not only improved layouts for the Compact / Full keyboard, but also a new Minimal keyboard layo
Build 680 - Layouts UI 3.0, Notification UI 3.0, and Bees, oh my!
ChangesLayout Toolbar has been updated to adhere to UI 3.0 design and frameworks. Here's a look at the new Layouts UI! Layout toolbar will now change the state of all action buttons based on the state
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Utilities, Early Access |
| Player tags | Utilities · VR · Early Access · Software · Singleplayer · Casual (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Steam Achievements · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional C… |
| Achievements | 11 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350 equivalent Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: Not Required VR Support: SteamVR